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September 4, 2012

Colorado prison inmate wins right to outdoor exercise

For 12 years, virtually the only exposure Troy Anderson has had to the outdoors has come in a 90-square-foot room.

At one end of the room are two slits in the wall that are 6-inches wide and 5-feet tall. The slits are covered with metal grates. On one wall of the room is a chin-up bar.

This, Colorado Department of Corrections officials argued in a lawsuit Anderson filed, satisfied the constitutional requirement that Anderson, a prisoner at the Colorado State Penitentiary, be given outdoor exercise opportunities.

In a ruling issued last week, a federal judge in Denver disagreed and ordered prison officials to allow Anderson to exercise in a place with no roof where the rain can fall on him and the wind can blow at him.

(Photo: Colorado Department of Corrections)

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